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Jayanthi Vaidyanathan

Vice President and Head HR , PayPal India

Jayanthi Vaidyanathan is the Vice President and Head of HR for PayPal India.1 She has over two decades of experience in HR, focusing on driving best-in-class employee experiences while achieving strategic business outcomes.1 In her role at PayPal, Vaidyanathan oversees HR operations for approximately 7,000 employees across multiple centers in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.1

Prior to joining PayPal, Vaidyanathan worked at several companies, including:

  1. Covansys (as Director HR)
  2. e-Funds International (as Deputy Manager HR)
  3. Ma Foi Management Consultants Limited12

At PayPal, Vaidyanathan has been instrumental in implementing various initiatives to support employee development and well-being, such as:

  • Introducing experiential learning and microlearning sessions
  • Launching career weeks to help employees navigate their career paths
  • Implementing speed mentoring programs
  • Creating wellness-focused initiatives, including managers acting as 'wellness mentors'1

Vaidyanathan has played a key role in PayPal's efforts to promote gender diversity in the technology sector. Under her leadership, PayPal has achieved significant progress, with 44% of its global workforce being female and almost one-third of technical roles filled by women.1

Highlights

Feb 1 · linkedin

So proud of this girl who with her steadfast passion and hard work is today an entrepreneur providing opportunities to several people along with solving real challenges through many ventures , she owns and runs. Even more commendable given she started as a small town girl but didn’t let her dreams be small. Super proud of you Sreepriya Kowshik , what a pitch that too , in a language that’s alien at #sharktankindia yesterday for your current venture, a totally indigenous product and first of it’s kind from India. Astrix Engineering - smart doors and smart locks it is !Kowshik Devarajan, its a marvellous product and knowing the trajectory of your plans , it’s going to make its mark in India across every household Nithya Vivek - the solid backbone behind her sisters venture and a partner in her own right chipping every single experience at Astrix Engineering ! Way to go !

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Oct 28 · linkedin

I had an interesting conversation with a candidate today who amongst other things asked me what keeps me going and happy for 13 years in PayPal. My instinctive response was the people who I work with – smart, passionate and warm combined with the unlimited opportunity and space to pursue my passion – enabling better experiences for people and making lives better in all ways. Joining forces in making this a reality in PayPal are our myhaPYPLace champions, our Employee led resource groups, all our relentless enabling teams and our awesome partners globally who invest their hearts and hold hands in having PayPal India featured in the Working mother and AVTAR 100 Best companies to work for women List in 2021. Being on this list 5 years in a row makes it even more special and a nice festive prelude to the festival of lights next week. Another firecracker Dhamaka to this Diwali spirit is PayPal being featured at No. 29 in the Forbes world’s best employer list Looking to learn more about PayPal ?  check out https://bit.ly/3B3rDOn #PayPalCareers #WorkAtPayPal

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Tamil Nadu, India